Sep

25

FREE Day and Night at the Museum: Compliments of the Smithsonian

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Free Museum Day As we continue our quest to return missing images to our hacked website, we must not shirk our responsibility of bringing you the best ways to live well for less.  Tomorrow, big big thanks to the Smithsonian, is FREE MUSEUM DAY!  Just click here to find one near you and download your pass.

Skip the shopping for a day, go get some culture!

For today,  click here to read more on discount travel and entertainment.  Happy Weekend!

Sep

23

Just the (FREE) Fax, Ma’am

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Free Fax (credit: www.AskBobRankin.com)Sorry for the bad pun, worse than usual, but I couldn’t resist.

Yesterday I received a bill for $139 for another year of my e-fax account ( a special rate for me as a current customer, now up to $169). Divided by the number of fax pages I actually receive, that comes to about $10 a page — really too much, as faxing, and fax machines, are just so passe.  Combined with the fact that I just gave away my fax machine, I decided to search for other options.  Which I found in an article by techie Bob Rankin on his site www.askbobrankin.com, where he answers tech questions in a way that even I can understand.

So, thanks Bob.  In addition to eFax — which actually does still have a free receiving option — his favorite is Faxaway. In business since 1995 with a website that looks it,  Bob says they offer  ”rock solid” service.  Faxaway has begun to charge a $1/month fee for the inbound fax service.  Still, a lot less than $139 (or $169) per year.

Bob’s readers also suggest  k7.net, popfax.com and jconnect.com.

There are tons of services for free outbound faxing.  Visit Bob’s site, or just do a search (feel free to use the google bar above on this page).

But back to e-fax. Now, I joined e-fax several years back when it was free, but could no longer find the free option on their website. After a difficult customer service call to a call center far, far away, I found out it was hidden, and you have to dig through to their site map to find it.  I did so and got a new account set up quickly and easily, although I had to change my fax number to be “downgraded”.  But hey, 20 free inbound page a month should suit me just fine. Just be aware that you will get a non-local number, and if you receive more than 20 fax pages in any thirty day period, eFax may terminate or suspend your account if you do not upgrade to a paid subscription service.

We’re working now on info for free phone service.  Meanwhile, for an interesting idea on all things free, click here.